Martin Smolka: Niedzielne rano (world premiere)

5 April 2024, 7:30pm, Church of St Augustine, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music Martin Smolka: Niedzielne rano (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Cappella Mariana (Barbora Kabátková – soprano, Daniela Čermáková – alto, Vojtěch Semerád, Tomáš Lajtkep – tenor, Tomáš Šelc – baritone)

Easter Festival of Sacred Music: Tenebrae

27 March 2024, 9pm, Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, Brno TENEBRAE I Lukáš Hurník – the first nine responsories (world premiere) Zdeněk Klauda – the first three Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah and Miserere (world premiere) 28 March 2024, 9pm, Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, Brno TENEBRAE II Tomáš Krejčí – … Read more

František Fiala: Mysterium Paschale (world premiere)

11 April 2023, 7pm, Evangelical Church of John Amos Comenius, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music František Fiala: Mysterium Paschale, Easter oratorio (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Lucie Laubová – soprano, Petra Vondrová – alto, Stanislav Předota – tenor, Josef Kovačič – bass, Ludmila Netolická, Irena Hůrková, Sakura Ito, Jan Rybka, Kristýna Jungová – … Read more

Slavomír Hořínka: With All Your Might (world premiere)

3 April 2023, 7:30pm, Church of St. Augustine, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music Slavomír Hořínka: With All Your Might for three male voices and three baroque instruments (world premiere) Capella Mariana (Vojtěch Semerád – haut-contre, Ondřej Holub – taille, Tomáš Král – basse-taille, Mélusine de Pas – viola da gamba, Jan Krejča – theorba, … Read more

Pavel Zemek Novák: Adoration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (world premiere)

20 April 2022, 8pm, St Augustine’s Church, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music Pavel Zemek Novák: Adoration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Litany) – world premiere Martin Opršál – percussion, collegium (Tereza Horáková – violin, Kristýna Švihálková, Anežka Nováková – percussion)

Pavel Zemek Novák: Seven Last Words (world premiere)

Pavel Zemek Novák’s new piece Seven Last Words received its world premiere during the 25th year of the Brno-based Easter Festival of Sacred Music. It opened the third of the festival’s concerts named ‘Still Hymn’ which took place on 22 March in the functionalist Church of Saint Augustine and during which the Ensemble Opera Diversa conducted by … Read more